Wade & Butcher Blank for Concaving

I picked this up earlier this year. The only other one I have ever seen is the one Joed mentioned in this thread here.


I know the story behind these is probably lost in time but perhaps an educated guess can be put together. The main question I have is who did the concaving? Were these test pieces that W&B made? Or were they actually sold as blanks and reground elsewhere?

The stamping is heavy on the tang of mine so it does not seem like someone would re-stamp with their own trademark/name. I could see someone doing an additional stamping as to where it was gound (ie: Hamburg Ring/Sheffield Ground).

I do have one clue that makes me think mine was ground by W&B. The point is ground in the same style as on my W&B Bow Razor (in the picture below, the Bow is on the left, the blank on the right).

Anyone else out there have any? If anyone has any razors that look identical but with a different manufacturer stamp, I guess that could answer the question if they were sold then ground elsewhere. The blade on mine is 5/8.... take a look and see what you have :) I will say this: this is the best shaving W&B I have ever had!

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That is interesting. In my limited time at looking at razors, I've never seen one of those.

I've never seen one of those either. Interesting piece. I wish there was more documentation on the old razors.

Attachment 152829Attachment 152830Old thread but I found one it's my step dads w&b with the same stamp in the blade looks wider than 5/8 but didn't have access to a measuring device.so I guess nobody found any thing out since 2010.at least we know they made more than one.

I think we sometimes read to much into things. My guess and it's only a guess is in their production process the made the razors and ground them and then put them into storage stock and as needed finished them off. Maybe the sold some if their inventory got too large or maybe from time to time some of these just got out one way or another or maybe the company changed hands and they sold off old stock.

I have a W&B Blank for Concaving - Not a pretty razor, but I here it is. I have no information on the razor at all. Sorry.

Here is my post: http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...finds-w-b.html


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